It’s an unsettling time for 40 million Americans who won’t get their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in a few days.

That includes about 300,000 people in Bexar County who will have to think of other ways to keep food on the table.

“(I’ll) have to eat less,” Jeff Hull said.

Hull, a man in his 50s with disabilities, receives about $140 a month in SNAP benefits. He told KSAT that even before the delay, he had to stretch every dollar.

“I could barely afford milk. I usually get powdered milk,” Hull said.

Now, Hull plans to ration the food he has left in his cupboard and go to food pantries in his neighborhood to make up the difference.

KSAT met with Hull as he visited Parenting Plus, a nonprofit on the West Side.

“We’re a nonprofit organization that helps famili

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